NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL JUST-IN-TIME MANUFACTURING: LUCAS Drones To Be Built In Containerized Robotic Micro Factories Designed To Be Forward Deployed. “The award to Machina is the latest example of the Pentagon’s push to use containerized 3D printing and other advanced fabricating systems closer to the front lines to shorten supply chains that could get severely degraded in a major conflict. Decentralizing production of drones also allows units to be more flexible and tailor their own production to their specific needs at any given moment. For instance, a unit can produce variations of multiple designs that are best suited to an upcoming mission instead of having to use whatever they are shipped.”